Who do atheists turn to??

Question

I'm curious... What happens when the atheists have personal conflict and can not solve their own "problem" (being that you can't fix the "problem" with the "problem") and no person can fix the "problem." When people of faith turn to God, who do atheists turn to?? I had problems I've had to turn to God for and a miracle happens.

One more question... have people failed you?? Just curious...

Thank you! You have expanded my understanding, we are different and that is truely ok!!

Answer 1

I can solve all of my problems. I always have. I believe in me. :)

Answer 2

When I have a problem that I can not solve, I turn to my husband, or my children. They are very wise, and if we can't come up with the solution, together?, there isn't one to be had.
They have never failed me yet.

Who needs god?? I sure don't.
And all the wasted years when I was a christian, and prayed all the time, for a miracle, and never heard a peep, from above, I was earnest, I was humble,, I was in need, I WAS IGNORED.!!!
You know the expression 'when god heals amputees'? Well for me, it could have been, ''when god heals burns''
After awhile, you get tired of being ignored, and you start to look for answers elsewhere. And so did I , and I found them.
I didn't find a miracle. but I did find peace of mind, and that works for me, just fine.

Answer 3

I think some of the people who have already answered are being a little harsh by belittling you for turning to your faith to console you at difficult times. Religion often does provide very real psychological support to people at difficult times. Being able to focus on one's religion at a very difficult time can often help them feel calmer, thereby allowing them to think through a problem more clearly and thereby find a solution (which is sometimes subsequently described as a "miracle"). Problems that don't really have a solution, such as bereavement, can also seem less bad because religious belief can clearly provide emotional support at such a time.

Fortunately for me, I have not yet had a person very close to me die (I was never particularly close to my grandparents, for example). Clearly, this is something I will face at some point in my life, and I will have to deal with it any way I can. For other difficult times in my life I, like answerers above, have turned to family and friends and my own inner resources to solve a problem.

With death being an obvious exception, most problems really aren't as bad as they seem when you look back later in your life!

Answer 4

Wow, that's way cool.

Have you ever had a problem that God didn't fix? Like if you had a really hard test question, so you prayed, and the answer didn't appear or you broke something by accident and it did fix itself? Or would that be cheating?

And God doesn't help cheaters, so I guess he wouldn't solve "all" problems? What do you think?

Answer 5

Actually, what you're doing when you "turn to god"....

is detaching yourself from your problem. This is how AA treats alcoholics. It's how Zen Buddhists find enlightenment. It's how every successful person in the world managed to find success.

The moment that you stop THINKING about something, is the moment that you start DOING something about it.

Personally, I turn to Taoist philosophy.

But in the end, it's always the same, regardless of your reason. You have to stop worrying, and start producing results. But many people see that detachment as meaning that they have to stop caring. And they are very reluctant to do so.

Believing in a superpowerful "god" makes this a bit easier, though. When you turn to the "god", it makes you feel a little better about "not caring". You consider the problem solved, saying "It's in god's hands, now. Only he can help with this".

That's the same thing, and the same relief, as saying "Oh, to hell with it... I give up. If it works it works, if it doesn't, it doesn't"

Either way you look at it, you're "giving up", and either way, something positive typically comes out of it. But by eliminating the fear of failure, or a negative outcome, you basically eliminate the possibility of failure, simply by the way you choose to view that outcome.

Answer 6

Well, it depends on the problem.

If a friend, family member or myself is sick, I turn to a doctor.

If I find myself in debt, I turn to a financial advisor.

If I find myself in trouble legally, I turn to a lawyer.

If I find myself having problems professionally, I turn to my supervisor.

However, I see no reason to turn to an invisible sky pixie and hope for a coincidence that I can label as a "miracle". I would rather just seek the help I need and cut out the middle man.

Answer 7

We turn to friends and family. Sometimes a professional who specializes in the field of difficulty (i.e. doctor, psychiatrist, banker, social agency).

You know, people who can actually help, instead of wasting time turning to a God that has never actually helped anyone even if He did exist.

Strangely enough, this tactic has a much higher success rate than prayer.

Answer 8

we believe in people who love us, who we know for a FACT love us. i'm fine with the belief in a higher being only because it keeps this country from falling apart. But look at what religion has done the other way! Example: the Crusades, the Holocaust, the Spanish Inquisition...
I'm not trying to be mean, but, well, its kinda true

Answer 9

They turn to whoever can help them, either to friends or family or to a professional such as a doctor or financial advisor.

Personally that seems a much more sensible approach than hoping that a sky fairy will sort things out for you.

Answer 10

Music, doctors, family, psychiatrists, books, writing, games, lying down in the shade of a tree...
You can generally solve problems yourself, or get help coping through other sources if you cannot. You don't need a god, per se...

Answer 11

i turn to my friends, since they are the ones im closest to. I do admit that there are sum problems that are hard to deal with, but i do the best i can with it and go with my instinct. Turning to god and askin him to give you a miracle out of the problem is just ridiculus to me....